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    THE LANGUAGE OF PEACE

    Oct 01, 2023 3 minutes

    The Republic of South Africa is a collage of cultures and languages. In 1994, the new government recognized 11 official languages spoken by more than 43 million people. Each language has something special to contribute to this emerging democracy.

    For thousands of years, South Africa’s many groups existed on the land without formal borders or barriers. A variety of languages evolved. Around 1820, the most powerful Zulu king, Shaka, built an empire based on (ee-ZOH-loh) means “yesterday” in all three languages.

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